Here you will find news, views, events and information relating to real-estate in Spain.
President of the Junta de Andalucia, Susana Díaz, opened the Andalucía section of the Fitur international tourism fair by announcing the regions greatest tourism results. As mentioned in a previous article, 2017 saw the region’s best year in terms of tourist numbers. Although no official figure has been released, it seems likely that the total Continue Reading
Malaga Airport broke records in 2017 with the highest number of passengers as well as the number of flight operations, according to airport network operator AENA. Over the course of the year, Málaga airport staff handled 18,628,786 passengers, an increase of 11.7% over 2016, almost 2 million more passengers. This is the most passengers dealt Continue Reading
The Tinsa IMIE General Index and Large Markets, which is calculated from the appraisals of finished housing (new and used), collects each month the interannual variation of the value of a m² of property and its level with respect to 2001 (base 1,000) in five representative areas that make up the housing market: “Capitals and Continue Reading
The Costa del Sol had a “spectacular tourist year” in 2017, according to the President of Costa del Sol Tourism, Elías Bendodo. In a press conference on Thursday morning, Bendodo expressed his delight at figures showing 9.5% growth in tourist revenues for the holiday-hotspot. Bendodo said “the record figures follow the general trend of Spain, Continue Reading
There were 153,390 property transfers recorded in the property registers in November 2017. This represents a 4.9% increase when compared to the same month in 2016 , according to the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). 85.4% of the purchases correspond to urban property, with the remaining 14.6% being for rural properties. Continue Reading
As rental costs increase many people are finding it difficult to find a home to rent in much of Spain. Down here on the Costa del Sol, Marbella is also suffering from low levels of long-term rental stock. It is certainly more difficult for those on a lower budget. There are new properties being built Continue Reading
So far this year, Málaga Airport has handled more than 17 million passengers, a new record! Additionally, the figure is almost one million more than in the same period of 2016, when the total reached 16,672,776 travellers. The total this year is 17,629,630 travellers spread over a massive 128,796 flight operations. These figures represent increases of Continue Reading
New property has typically been sparse as available plots of land become scarce and although new construction has returned to many areas, Spain is still suffering from a lack of “new” stock. According to a survey carried out by idealista, 3 out of 4 buyers have ruled out searching for new homes as the prices Continue Reading
The average price of renting a house in Spain increased by 1.6% in November to stand at 8.13 euros/m² per month, according to data released by fotocasa. The figures are similar to the beginning of the year when increases were between 1.5 and 2%. On the monthly basis, rental prices increased in six communities and Continue Reading
Following on from the best third quarter since 2008 (in terms of property sales), in October, there were 143,249 property transfers in the property registers. This represents 12.3% more than in the same month in 2016, according to the latest data from the INE. When looking at only property sales/purchases there were 74,286 in October, Continue Reading
